#292740 - 07/10/19 02:48 PM
Re: How do you update your first aid kit?
[Re: Johno]
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Loc: Wales, UK
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No doubt some hand wringing snowflakery and rear-end covering due to liability issues. I also recollect that as a first aider in the UK, you can only assist people to take their own medicine. Giving medicine, no matter what it is, is in the realms of health care professionals and pharmacists. It's odd, some sort of bureaucracy getting in the way for sure. Can buy box of aspirin no problem, trying to find individually wrapped aspirin or any unitized medication, no chance.
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#292741 - 07/10/19 03:09 PM
Re: How do you update your first aid kit?
[Re: Ren]
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It's odd, some sort of bureaucracy getting in the way for sure. Can buy box of aspirin no problem, trying to find individually wrapped aspirin or any unitized medication, no chance.
Where are you based? In Europe, you generally get the medication in blister packs, which you can cut/tear into individual packages.
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#292749 - 07/11/19 05:36 PM
Re: How do you update your first aid kit?
[Re: Tjin]
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It's odd, some sort of bureaucracy getting in the way for sure. Can buy box of aspirin no problem, trying to find individually wrapped aspirin or any unitized medication, no chance.
Where are you based? In Europe, you generally get the medication in blister packs, which you can cut/tear into individual packages. UK. Yeah, but have to ensure labelled with expiry etc. More convenient if in a satchet. It's odd that water tablets usually come packaged this way, but otc medication isn't.
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#292805 - 07/22/19 01:25 PM
Re: How do you update your first aid kit?
[Re: Bingley]
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Registered: 01/06/08
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Loc: Canada
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Normally every two years I look at the kits and every four or five I rip them back apart and rebuild and update them
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#294284 - 11/26/19 12:29 AM
Re: How do you update your first aid kit?
[Re: Bingley]
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Old Hand
Registered: 12/14/05
Posts: 910
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Time to repack the car kit; and move over to water proof packing for the smaller ones.
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#294293 - 11/29/19 01:54 PM
Re: How do you update your first aid kit?
[Re: Bingley]
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Registered: 03/20/19
Posts: 62
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If you check with your Pharmacist, you can find out how early you can reoder a medication. In my case, I can reorder two weeks before the script runs out. By doing this consistently, I can build up more than a months supply. IMHO, we're facing a recessio or worse.
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#294296 - 11/30/19 11:57 AM
Re: How do you update your first aid kit?
[Re: Bingley]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 07/11/10
Posts: 1644
Loc: New Port Richey, Fla
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with some practice you can vacuum seal a strip of meds, and then cross seal them as individual tabs with a vacuum sealer
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